Jonathan Blakely has been named executive producer of the new program, which premieres March 4.
60 Minutes+, a streaming version of the most-watched news program in America, will premiere on Paramount+ with three new episodes on March 4. Jonathan Blakely has been named the news program’s executive producer and its content will originate from the 60 Minutes production team in New York. The series will offer a new episode each week. 60 Minutes+ is a new form of 60 Minutes featuring longer segments reported by a new team of correspondents. Just like the flagship, the new version will reveal the stories behind the news through original reporting and captivating interviews conducted by some of the best journalists in the world – the recipe that makes 60 Minutes television’s longest running hit. «I’m proud to be working with such a group of talented journalists bringing the 60 Minutes tradition to a new platform,» said Blakely. «Laurie, Wesley, Enrique, Seth, and our entire team are going to make 60 Minutes+ a standout program for a new and growing audience.» The premiere will feature correspondent Laurie Segall’s interview with Jacob Chansley, the QAnon «shaman,» correspondent Enrique Acevedo’s profile of J Balvin, including a visit with the Raggaeton music star’s family in Medellin, Colombia, and a climate change segment from the Alps, where correspondent Seth Doane reports on the dangers of shrinking glaciers. The program’s other correspondent is Wesley Lowery, who with Segall, Acevedo and Doane, reported for «60 in 6,» a program with shorter segments that launched on the Quibi platform last year.
